Clean Technica: Army Steamrolls $7 Billion In Renewable Energy Projects, Sequester Or No Sequester

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Army Steamrolls $7 Billion In Renewable Energy Projects, Sequester Or No Sequester

The U.S. Army has just launched the first in a series of renewable energy contracts that will eventually total $7 billion by the end of this year, using power purchase agreements along with a standard procurement tool that is expected to crush any obstacles that are put in its path. That includes the notorious budget sequester as well as any objections from the anti-renewable energy crowd in Congress, which has already used the budget as …Read More

Army Steamrolls $7 Billion In Renewable Energy Projects, Sequester Or No Sequester was originally published on: CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 others andsubscribe to our free RSS feedfollow us on Facebook (also free!), follow us on Twitter, or justvisit our homepage (yep, free).


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Samsung And Scotland Join To Build Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype

Non-departmental public body Scottish Enterprise have awarded Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) £6.04 million in funding to support the development of a 7 MW offshore wind turbine prototype at Scotland’s Fife Energy Park, the country’s leading manufacturing and research zone for the renewable energy sector. Scottish Enterprise’s financial input backs the existing £100 million that SHI has already invested into it’s Scottish projects, which will help launch a test demonstration project in the near term, but looking … Read More

Samsung And Scotland Join To Build Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype was originally published on:CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 others and subscribe to our free RSS feedfollow us on Facebook (also free!), follow us on Twitter, or just visit our homepage (yep, free).


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Nest Labs Acquires MyEnergy

Nest Labs are one of the most exciting up-and-coming energy consumer product company around, and as of May 7 they have taken the next step in becoming a heavy-hitter, by acquiring online utility usage company MyEnergy. The news was announced by both companies on their respective blogs on Sunday to much fond feelings between the two companies; Today, Greg and I are thrilled to announce that MyEnergy has been acquired by Nest Labs. Bringing our … Read More

Nest Labs Acquires MyEnergy was originally published on: CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 others andsubscribe to our free RSS feedfollow us on Facebook (also free!), follow us on Twitter, or justvisit our homepage (yep, free).


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Offshore Wind Industry Will Become €130 Billion Annual Market By 2020

Offshore wind power may yet not match the overall strength of onshore wind, but the industry is on course grow rapidly to become an €130 billion annual global market by 2020. A new report from industry consultants Roland Berger, “Offshore Wind Toward 2020,” concludes a combination of industry trends will soon make offshore wind cost competitive with other generation sources in many markets.

Offshore Wind Industry Will Become €130 Billion Annual Market By 2020 was originally published on:CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 others and subscribe to our free RSS feedfollow us on Facebook (also free!), follow us on Twitter, or just visit our homepage (yep, free).


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